Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-11-19
A DRY GOODS PALACE.
COMPLETION OF BLOCH BROTH
ERs STORE.
One Of the Prottiest and Most Conven-
lent Shopping Pieces in the South
Just Opened and Ready for
Business,


will be opened to the people to-day,
by the firm Bloch Brothers, at Clarks-
vile. They offer, in their new store
on Franklin street, to the, public the
finest general stock ever presented in
the city, consisting of dry goods,
clothing, carpets, notions and novel
ties suitable for the season of the
year. Their new store is the finest
one in this part Of the country, being
forty feet front by one hundred and
seventy-five deep, three stories high,
and having a cellar the full length,
with sub cellar at the rear. The
main or ground floor is one of the
handsomest in the country, having a
sixteen foot ceiling, and thoroughly
equipped with all the furnishings
that a first lass dry goods house
should possess. 1t has a steam heat
ing furnace in every necessary part,
and at the rear, a few feet below the
regular floor, is the carpet room that
is subject to four lights from the rear
and this room, is complete in its
every part. The front Of the store is
furnished with the most elegant plate
windows. The Ladies dressing
rom, is also located here
glass windows and doors, the entire
distance across; the largest Of this
kind in the State, and by far the
most costly. The massive shelvings,
counters, cases, and racks being made
in accordance with the very latest
designs, and Of the finest materials.
The second floor is fourteen feet
from floor ito ceiling, and is occu-
pied with heavy unpacked goods
principally, and these are sold at
wholesale I'M job lots. The third floor,
twelve feet in the clear, is a storage
place for duplicate goods.
The architect of this new and very
valuable feature to Clarksyille was
Mr.. q. B. Wilson, of the Sewanee
Planning Mills, and the builders were
Messrs. Beatty & Rutherford. The
painting was done by r.. b. Tarpley
4 Co. The brick work by James
Shea and the brick were furnished
by G. w. Buck. The plastering was
superintendent by j. N. Belote and
the tin work by Fox & Smith, all Of
CgarksviHe. The iron fronts were
made by Snead q Bib, and the
massive glass came from Peaslee
Gaulbert d Co., Louisville. Mr.. G..
b. Wilson, of this city, designed and
superintendent the building of the
shelving and other fixtures, all of
which are excellantly executed.
Bloch Brothers, who to-day occupy
one Of the finest stores in the South,
are to be heartily congratulated on
their success as men of the most ex-
Ialted enterprise. 'n'
i M THE BUILDINGS FRONT Ely
is one of the most striking in the
| city of GAINESVILLE. 1t is made of
brick, stone, iron and glass and was
designed to be very attractive as a
dry goods emporium. The cornices
and trimmings are very superior and
all strangers in the city are attracted
by their striking appearance. The
front display windows are the large t
in the South, and when the firm gets
fully Strengthened in its new quar-
tiers, these will be displayed in the
| most attractive style Of the modern
art. The new house has full corps
of attractive clerks and assistants
that is destined to make it even
more popular than it is. They are
| all up to the times and fully posted
in their special lines of duty. The
history of the Bloch Brothers is well
and favorably known to this commu-
nifty and this much of u notice is all
that is sufficient to make their future
/ agrand success, which the CHRONICLE
certainly wishes them to enjoy.
i The Carpet room is a novelty Of
design, and is so arranged that purch-
asers can stand on the main floor and
| look down upon what they expect to
puy, and by means of the well ar
ranged windows, the most perfect
light is obtained. The Carpet room
for all its copveniences is unquestion
ably the finest one in the South.
HANDSOMELY COMPLIMENTARY.
Architect Wilson, who rendered
such excellent service in the con
/. struction of the building, was OF
Thursday, presented by the firm
with an elegant and massive golt
headed ebony cane, inscribed on TIL
side:
. go BLOCH BROS.
70
, ARCHITECT G ID. WTISoN.
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